There was a study on domestic violence a few years ago. It broke down DV into asymmetric violence (one violent person) and symmetric violent (both people).
It found that the overwhelming bulk of DV was symmetric. In asymmetric cases, it was actually perpetuated by the woman in some 2/3 of cases. Further, in symmetric violence, the women admitted to starting the encounters 2/3 of the time.
Likewise, if a weapon is involved in DV, it was used by a woman in something like 4 out of 5 cases.
In most places, the law is to arrest the bigger party even if they were NOT the aggressor. Further, the law often dictates that an arrest is MANDATORY. This combination makes it easy to arrest large numbers of men which then plays havoc with the DV statistics.
As another data point, DV between gay (male) partners is several times less than heterosexual partners while DV between lesbian partners is several times higher.
It found that the overwhelming bulk of DV was symmetric. In asymmetric cases, it was actually perpetuated by the woman in some 2/3 of cases. Further, in symmetric violence, the women admitted to starting the encounters 2/3 of the time.
Likewise, if a weapon is involved in DV, it was used by a woman in something like 4 out of 5 cases.
In most places, the law is to arrest the bigger party even if they were NOT the aggressor. Further, the law often dictates that an arrest is MANDATORY. This combination makes it easy to arrest large numbers of men which then plays havoc with the DV statistics.
As another data point, DV between gay (male) partners is several times less than heterosexual partners while DV between lesbian partners is several times higher.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1854883/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_violence_against_men